NAME¶

NRSS - An ncurses RSS reader

DESCRIPTION¶

NRSS is an RSS reader built to use minimal amounts of external libraries, using a minimal interface while maintaining a featureful client.

COMMAND LINE USAGE¶

-h

Simple help

-v

Print version

-c [num]

Set number of columns

-D [path]

Set the configuration directory (default: ~/.nrss/)

-C [path]

Set the configuration file (default: ~/.nrss/config)

-F [path]

Set the feed directory (default: ~/.nrss/feeds)

-L [path]

Set the log file (default: ~/.nrss/log)

INTERNAL USAGE¶

Within the program you can use the following (default) keys. These can be changed in your configuration file by using the "key" command.

UP or DOWN

Select previous or next item/feed (next) (prev)

PGUP or PGDOWN

Goto previous or next feed (next-feed) (prev-feed)

h

Display usage (toggle-usage)

C

Toggle collapse all feeds (toggle-collapse-all)

Space

Collapse a feed or read a story (default)

g

Use the defined browser to goto the item's URL (goto)

x

Show all items in feed (toggle-expand)

r

Refresh the current feed (refresh)

R

Refresh all (refresh-all)

M

Mark all read (mark-all-read)

D

Redraw screen (redraw)

q

Quit NRSS (quit)

CONFIGURATION¶

The ~/.nrss/config file is where all of the configuration is. You can start by using the example config below.

EXAMPLE CONFIG¶

default_rate "5"
default_show "30"
default_maxitems "50"
#Add some feeds
add "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot" "Slashdot"
add "http://www.digg.com/rss/index.xml" "Digg All"
add "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml" "BBC"
add "http://www.osnews.com/files/recent.xml" "OSNews"
add "http://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml" "DistroWatch"
#Change rate for Slashdot
rate "30" "Slashdot"
#These aren't defaults, but examples
browser "/usr/bin/elinks %u"
#Text browsers should enable this
browser_wait "1"

FILES¶

~/.nrss/config

Main configuration file. For advanced usage, see the online configuration documentation: http://codezen.org/nrss-config

~/.nrss/log

Everyday log file.

~/.nrss/feeds/

This is where the raw XML is stored.

BUGS¶

None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P.

HOMEPAGE¶

http://codezen.org/nrss

AUTHOR¶

Jack Miller <jjm2n4@umr.edu>